Kundalini Tantra is Swami Satyananda Saraswati's seminal work on kundalini, chakras and kriya yoga. Defining and explaining kundalini, this book provides a detailed account of kundalini awakening, including the signs and effects of such experiences and ways to both elicit and manage them. The book contains a comprehensive description of each chakra and the significance of the chakras in tantric and yogic practice. Techniques are given to balance each centre for greater harmony in mind, body and...

This book is a thorough commentary on the original text by Maharishi Swatmarama. It elucidates the entire science of hatha yoga as it was conceived and practised, not for health and fitness only, but for awakening the pranas, chakras and kundalini shakti. This text points out that hatha yoga is not just a physical practice but a process of cellular transmutation from gross, to subtle to divine. Thus hatha yoga was considered the foundation of all higher yogas. This text clearly shows...

Meditations from the Tantras is a clear and comprehensive book on meditation for beginners. The general aim is to show the possibilities open to the practitioner of meditation, the preparation that is necessary, as well as practical methods to attain meditative experiences. Featuring fundamental pratyahara (sensory withdrawal) practices such as Antar Mouna™ and introductions to other meditation techniques such as Yoga Nidra,™ ajapa japa, trataka, the kriyas and the different forms...

This is the most comprehensive text ever published on yoga. It contains a complete course of 36 structured lessons on all the practices of integral yoga. The lessons were compiled from the teachings given by Swami Satyananda and are useful as a practical and theoretical guide to all levels of yoga teachers and aspirants. The book presents a synthesis of yoga in a scientific and systematic manner. The different branches of hatha yoga, raja yoga, mantra yoga, karma yoga, bhakti yoga, jnana yoga...

The theme of Vijnana Bhairava Tantra is dharana, or concentration, a subject most relevant today. This new translation and commentary of a classical tantric text sheds much light on the practice of dharana, which until now has been revealed only by peripheral explanations. The text comprises 112 different dharanas, or techniques of concentration, which can easily be incorporated into one's daily life. Although dharana is a practice intended for an adept, whose mind is steady and controlled, the...

Tattwa shuddhi is an ancient tantric practice for purification of the elements, published for the first time in this comprehensive text. Every individual is comprised of five basic elements. Through the process of tattwa shuddhi, the purification and transformation of these elements takes place. This book contains the theory of tattwas and detailed instructions for the practice. Tattwa shuddhi uses the tantric tools of yantra, mantra and mandala. It can be performed as a sadhana in itself or as...

The system called Tantra has been always regarded as an esoteric and a secret way of spiritual practice, not accessible to the untrained one and to the common folk. The secrecy about the practice seems to consist in the noble outlook of life which the Tantra requires the seeker to entertain, a way of looking at things different from the one in which people are generally accustomed to see, interpret and evaluate things. The philosophy of the Tantra is based on the concept of a dual nature of...

The Mantra Mahodadhi of Mahidhara - English translation by A Board of Scholars. Among the medieval works on Tantra, this work in Sanskrit holds a place of great importance for its comprehension and authority. The author, who describes himself as an anchorite who did austerity in Varanasi, prepared this book in twenty-five ‘Tarangas’ more as a compilation of relevant material for the sadhakas than as an independent work. It is encyclopaedic in nature; it is verily an ocean (as the...

The Vijnana Bhairava, though a short text, belongs to the most important Hindu tantras. Originated between 400 and 800 C.E., at the time of the first textual fixation of this movement, this text is unique among the tantric literature because of its concentration on meditative practice and spiritual experience. It looks like a manual of practitioners who collected the most important spiritual exercises and experiences, notwithstanding its possibly sectarian background. In fact, the tantra is...

The Vijnana Bhairava is one of the most important Tantras of Kashmir Saivism, at least as far as the practical aspect of the yoga of this school is concerned. It teaches 112 dharanas, or ways of centring awareness and entering divine consciousness (which includes ordinary and extraordinary experience), as well as tantric methods of spiritual practice such as kundalini, mantra and mudra. The modern need to integrate all aspects of life makes this ancient text of great relevance to our times. In...

Indrajaal is one of a primitive, ancient and rare recognition. It has many branches. In addition to this, description of Vedic Mantra, Tantra and Yatra has also been provided for knowledge and learning. This book presents the perplexing subjects in such a systematic way that the general mass can easily understand and follow.

Unveiled in this book are the secrets of these occult sciences to help the reader achieve worldly success and spiritual enlightenment. Detailed instructions are given for the preparation and application of Yantras for specific purposes: to win favors, defeat enemies and cure diseases, among others. The methods of selecting and using Mantras to attain miraculous powers and fulfillment of one's desires are explained fully. Table of Contents: Preface Part I - Yantras Yantra Yantras in...

The book deals with yantra pooja, design of yantras, the mantras being used for worshiping the yantra, energising (praan prathishtha) the yantra and other usages of the yantras. This book is the first part of work on tantra, mantra and yantra. The contents of this book are purely based on old Sanskrit classics. A detailed method of worshiping the yantras is given in the book which would be beneficial for the readers. The book contains colored pictures of the most popular...

Swami Lakshman Jee is the last living Master of the oral tradition in Kashmir Shaivism. This exposition of the non-dual philosophy with practical applications is his first book in English. The tantric teachings are hidden in a language of allusion and symbols. Swamiji offers the skeleton key of the oral tradition that allows access to secrets. The intent is to preserve the tradition and to make it available. The emphasis is on practical realization of Truth through the experience of...

Tantric Yoga and the Wisdom Goddesses is an excellent book introducing the essence of Hindu Tantrism. the book discusses all the major concepts and offers valuable corrections for many existing misconceptions. It also introduces the reader to the core Tantric practices of meditation and mantra recitation, focusing on the Ten Wisdom Goddesses (dasa-mahavidya). This book presents the meditational and mantric side of Tantra, which is the more common side of Tantra practiced in India. It is...

This book provides a fascinating insight into Tibetan Medicine and introduces the reader to a little known area of spiritual practice and healing. Never before has this subject been published in such comprehensive detail. This book has the potential to profoundly transform your world-view. The writer discusses where destructive emotions come from, how the human mind is shaped and how these impulses can be transformed. According to Tibetan Medicine, illness is viewed as an imbalance not only...

This is the first monograph which examines the rare Buddhist and Hindu Tantric goddess, Chinnamasta, her rituals, her names and forms (namarupa) and their symbolism by comparing and contrasting her sadhanas (spiritual practices) in Hinduism and Buddhism. The entire Hindu "Chinnamastatantra" section from the Sakta Pramoda, the Buddhist "Chinnamunda Vajravarahisadhana" and the "Chinnamunda Vajravarahisadhana" and the "Trikayavajrayoginistuti" are translated...

The Eastern Aspirant renounces sexuality, while Western Religion severely limits its expression. While not condoning Hedonism, Tantra introduces a middle path, extending the delights of male-female coupling into rarely attained Bliss, as Man approaches ever closer to that Ultimate Union with Godness. Through integrating all levels of human consciousness, by manipulation of the life currents, the usual short period of arousal, climax, and afterglow is extended for hours at a time without...

This book is, as the sub-title states, a collection of studies in, or essays upon, particular subjects in the Mantra-Sastra, a term, which is commonly applied to the Tantra-Sastra. it is practically composed of two parts. After chapter 1, which deals with the "word", chapters 2-9 treat of the principles of the general doctrine of Sabda. Chapters 10-21 are elucidations of some subjects in the Tantra-Sastra which adopt the Mimamsa doctrine of Sabda with some modifications to meet its...

Kasyapa-Samhita, a treatise of ancient period has remained the only source book on Kaumarbhrtya till 19 century AD. Though initial fabrication of sections and number of chapters of each section is in tune with Caraka-Samhita, however, subjects dealt are original, some of which are unparalleled. Hitherto only one Hindi translation with commentary is available, which does not quench the thirst of knowledge of those not so well-versed with Samskrta and / or Hindi. Present edition bridges this...

The second volume of this series consists of satsangs and the famous Laya Yoga practices transmitted by Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati during his 1994 European tour. The main themes covered are Laya Yoga, meditation, aspects of the mind, spirituality in daily life, self evolution, teaching yoga, and ways of using and applying yoga in society. Laya Yoga is an advanced practice and should only be attempted under the guidance of a master. About the Author: Born in 1960, Swami...

Hinduism is known for the bewildering profusion of its deities, who are represented not only in two or three dimensional anthropomorphic images, but also in abstract configurations, known as yantras.
In yantras is, thus, seen almost a parallel with the surfeit of deities in Hindu tradition. Literally meaning an ‘instrument’, ‘apparatus’ or a ‘talisman’, yantra is a kind of mystical diagram used, in tantra, for both meditation and invoking a divinity, and is believed to possess/arouse occult...

In 1994, Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati gave a month long programme in Australia. This book includes the edited transcriptions of the discourses (satsangs) given at that time. The main themes are sannyasa and meditation, including commentary on chapters 1 to 5 of the Bhagavad Gita, and in depth expositions of sannyasa as lifestyle, spiritual life, sadhana, the four great teachings (Yoga, Vedanta, Samkhya and Tantra), prana, enlightenment, and mind. About the Author:Known for...

After many years of intense yoga practice, Swami Satyananda came out of seclusion and thousands travelled from all over the world to be in his presence. His talks and answers to questions from that one-month period were all recorded and transcribed. These volumes are dedicated to all spiritual seekers particularly those who have been inspired by his teaching or by his teachers. These intimate revelations from a Spiritual Master have the power to transform one's life.Volume 2 contains talks on...

This book is one of the most fascinating but also most difficult texts of the Kashmir Saiva School, and of theystical philosophical literature of India as a whole. The Paratrisika is a short Tantra which has been held in the highest esteem by Kashmir Saivism or Trika. This translantion of Abhinavagupta`s masterpiece will not only be a milestone in the study of Kashmir Saivism, but it also make available one of the major mystical texts of the Indian tradition to readers interested in philosophy...